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TANDANO FORM No. a6 vet @ * Office Memors™n Usit + UNITED stats GOVERNMENT . ai , pe TO oo: MRS AS HA BELMONT/t 1” v DATE: September 26, 1958 |. | “FROM = §, 'B, DONAHOE By 1 - Nease Bel 2 ; ih 1 - Belmont N ; Py ‘ . 1 - Rosén a F $. supjecr: DONALD E, KEYHOE l- _ ‘Tamm tg : MISCELLANEOUS = INFORMATION CONCERNING 77, "Trotter a gs ee (Nationalities Intelligence) WY - fels Room |e . - | - ; Sok ae pe! E oo. - Subject, Director of National Investigations Committee Bae we). &: “Aerial Phenomena, by letter of 9/22/58 réquested particulars of (= (Oe Bureau's participation concerning unidentified flying objects. * exe =éommittee he heads is described on letterhead as “A privately sup-—"# ported fact finding civilian committee serving the public interests® =< -and he lists several prominent individuals among “our Board memberg¢ . { Band Special Advisers." He is a retired Marine. ; /) Spend dtl @ oye widen Peas. woe wt ee Since nar gare A. Keyhoe has been known to the Bureau since 1935 and Was, and may still be, a free-lance writer, In 1948 he was described by! Mr. Nichols as "a flamboyant writer and we have found from previous _ @éxperience that much of his material is irresponsible." In 1951 the’ irector concurred with Mr. Nichols! statement that "We should not...” et involved with him," a wap Pine te gpemption, § wh at te 4 Sone ape ah go As an example of his writing, the January, 1941, issue of,7,. “Cosmopolitan" magazine carried an article written by Keyhoe and °*. “John J, Daly entitled "Hitler's Plan to Seize the United States Tee ‘Merchant Marine." This article indicated the Bureau had ‘in: its possession — “documents concerning such a plan by Hitler which indication was completely . The attached suggested letter to Keyhoe responds in a very’ eneral way to his questions, some of which are extremely pointed’ such “Have FBI Agents told witnesses not to talk about UFO sightings?". ‘id "Does the Bureau make character investigationsof UFO witnesses ”™ n some cases?" The answers which have been furnished are designed “to avoid the charge we have not answered questions yet they are. broad 4n nature to_avoid_his apparent pointed inquiries. His request for_: “an interview with a Bureau official concerning our policy concerning - ‘unidentified flying objects has been side-stepped since there appears | ¥to be no point in discussing this matter further with him, JANAP 146 is CTION: | Defense document re reporting intelligence sightings. + "7% --That the attached suggested letter be forwarded Oo keynd ee rn view of Air Force interest, copy of incoming with copy? ef £62-103581 reply being sent Air Force separately. a Enclosure , 64 wy DP fe (). “ re iceeeneiine nth bh ie Menenee ool & ESS: jas . yo 5) v y’ AY v ec Reres ee OEY tt re mh Fe , aay Aah d o Kets EAE wit, ga